Intermediate Intermediate Educational Educational BloggingBlogging

Recognizing the screen elements Recognizing the screen elements of a blog, composing posts, of a blog, composing posts, making comments and a basic making comments and a basic understanding of aggregators.understanding of aggregators.

What are we doing today?What are we doing today?

• Feedback

• Review of the schedule

• Review of the reading

• Review of the assignment

• Screen elements of the blog?

• Blog posting– The good, the bad and the ugly

• Aggregators

Feedback (what I learned)Feedback (what I learned)

• People liked the activities• People felt they learned about the technology• People wanted more visuals and lecture• People wanted the groups to be smaller• People found the large group activity a little

confusing

• People need to access the ED3484 blog to be prepared. http://3484w06.blogspot.com/

Course scheduleCourse schedule

• Lectures• Labs• Assignment

RSS Ideas for EducatorsRSS Ideas for Educators

• Describes what we are doing.• What is RSS?

– Really Simple Syndication– Rich Site Summary

• Is a PULL technology

• Considered FEEDS

RSS Ideas for EducatorsRSS Ideas for Educators

• Aggregators (later today)– A way of view a number of blogs

• Social Networks– People putting their social life online

• Bookmarking– See what other like people are thinking

• ePortfolios– Online rich media resumes

• Sharing (flickr, odeo, bubblesphere)– Publishing your work

AssignmentAssignment

Audience: Any one of K6 Students• Kindergarten• Primary (Grades 1-3)• Elementary (Grades 4-6)Context: NL K6 curriculum• Any subject within the NL curriculum

Choose a grade, choose a subject, build a blog

AssignmentAssignment

• A URL by March 21st

• An 800 word design document

• APA guidelines• A peer assessed

rubric by March 30th

• Completed by April 6th

Assignment GradingAssignment Grading

Assignment is worth 25% of your ED3484 course grade.

• 15/100 - meets dates

• 30/100 - design document

• 15/100 - peer assessment

• 40/100 - BLOG

NL Gov’t Curriculum GuideNL Gov’t Curriculum Guide

• Choose your grade• Choose your subject• Create or find lessons plans• Brainstorm ideas• Include multimedia• Have fun• Build your blog…

http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/sp/pcdbgl.htm

Parts of a blogParts of a blog

• Browser• Header• Posts• About• Links• Previous• Archives• Login

BrowserBrowser

• Blogging software runs in a browser– Internet Explorer– Firefox– Opera

• The administration of your blog also runs in a browser.

HeaderHeader

• Provides a title and brief description

• Can be customized to suit your audience and context

• Your assignment blog should include YOUR name to begin it’s title.

PostsPosts

• Have a content related title

• Should have well written content

• Should contain references;– To other sites– To multimedia

elements• Every post should

enrich the readers experience

AboutAbout

• Displays information about your blog and you with data from your blogs description and your blogger profile’s meta-data.

LinksLinks

• Creates a list of blogs and sites the author of the blog likes to read.

• Is a great way to find other interesting blogs related to teaching.

PreviousPrevious

• Provides a list of your previous posts.

ArchivesArchives

• Provides a method for readers to view all the blogs postings.

• Can be archived by week, month and year.

AdministrationAdministration

• The dashboard has links to the administration features for all your blogs.

• Note: Blogger uses this button to login.

A good blog is conciseA good blog is concise

• Is active with posts and comments• Is current• Has rich media• Has related blogrolls• Is organized with categories• Is linked to an author profile• A well understood context• Has good aesthetics• Has concise post titles

ActivityActivity

• Small groups (3 or 4 people)

• Brainstorm– The grade & the subject– Two or three blog posts

• On the flip charts write the two or more posts you thought of for your blog. (include brief descriptions of the multimedia elements placed in the post)

DEMODEMO

• Adding a post– Reference NL

K6 Curriculum

• Adding a comment

Quality posting is importantQuality posting is important

• A good post;– Has a concise post title– One or two paragraphs only– References other web info– Is a complete idea– Has an author– Does not duplicate another post

• Anything else???

Encourage thoughtful commentsEncourage thoughtful comments

• A good comment;– Adds to the original

post– Should NOT be

anonymous– May include a web

reference– Avoids being just a

personal comment

Document your Blog DesignDocument your Blog Design

• Describe your audience– Social, economic & ethnic

• Describe your subject– Grade, Subject, Curriculum elements

• Blog elements and aesthetics

• APA Guidelines

AggregatorsAggregators

• See pages 10 through 14 of RSS ideas for Educators

• Use bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com)

DEMO

Exit ActivityExit Activity

• Write on one side of the card three things you learned during today’s lecture.

• On the other side of the card write what you would like to learn more about.

• Leave your cards at the front as you leave.

Remember: Next class is in the LAB, E5006